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What is KanjiGO?
It’s a learning system that we have created to help foreign students memorize kanji, with tens of thousands of students from all around the world.
Furthermore, it includes 2,100 lessons with thousands of exercises, a written test with evaluation for each kanji and hundreds of listening tests, for a total of over 6,500 worksheets.
To date, there has been nothing similar to our teaching method in the English publishing market.
Who is your course for?
Our course is made for those who have just started to study Japanese, and for those who speak it fluently but haven’t dedicated much time to the study of kanji.
Whatever the level of your Japanese or your age, it’s never too late to start or continue to study kanji. It’s a great mental exercise for the brain, with the ability to strengthen your memory.
What will I learn with your course?
N5 = 118 kanji lessons – Introductory level
N4 = 208 kanji lessons – Basic level
N3 = 375 kanji lessons – Intermediate level
N2 = 503 kanji lessons – Advanced level
N1 = 893 kanji lessons – Advanced level/ native speaker
2,100 total kanji lessons.
In the entire course, there are more than 15,000 selected words.
After studying hundreds of kanji, you will realize how much your vocabulary has increased, and how much you have elevated your verbal communication skills as well.
The complete course has thousands of tests with evaluation, 2,100 written (one for every kanji) and more than 160 listening tests.
These are our numbers, but the goal of our course is not only to give students a list of kanji and words (there are dozens of books that do this), but more importantly to give them a study method that will help them memorize kanji in the very best way possible.
How is your teaching method structured?
Visit the METHOD PAGE.
Is kanji difficult?
Imagine our course as if it were the coach of a professional athlete. The blood, sweat and tears come from the athlete, while the coach’s role is to give exercises to the athlete to help him achieve his goals with a specific training method. You are the one who needs to study and put in the work, and we are your coach.
Kanji can become complex when you exceed a few hundred of them without having a study strategy. We can compare it to building a house on the sand without a proper foundation, it can collapse at any moment. With the right study method (ours) and the commitment (yours), the house will have a solid foundation. Of course there will be some cracks (difficulties) along the way, but not to the point of a total collapse, which would be the case without having a study strategy.
How long does it take to study kanji?
- Have you just started studying Japanese? Dedicate one third to one half of your total study time on kanji.
- Do you have a good enough command of the language to the point where you no longer need to study it? In this case, your study time will only be focused on kanji, and you decide how much you want to study.
- In the future, do you envision yourself going to Japan to do an intensive language course? Study kanji as much as possible because when you are in Japan, the majority of your time and energy will be used to study the language and less time will be dedicated to the kanji that you have already studied.
- Do you want to take the JLPT test? Dedicate as much time as possible studying the specific level of kanji that the exam requires.
The answer may seem trivial, but it is simply “study as much as you can”.
We are your study method, but the commitment and time are yours. It’s up to you how long you study.
I have never studied Japanese before, can I enroll?
If you have just started studying Japanese or you have already been studying it for some time, from a beginners level to the most advanced level, you can enroll without any problems.
Our course starts from the most basic kanji of N5 to the most advanced of N1. It is a course for everyone!
I have already studied kanji, do you think I should enroll?
Those who have already studied kanji know that you never stop studying them. If you have stopped studying (which is very common), but you are still interested in the Japanese language, our advice is to sign up and start studying again.
I have heard that it's hard to study kanji on the Internet, is it true?
Studying kanji in this way is impossible. You are given a long list of kanji and words without a study strategy. You will reach a point of being so confused that you will quit, convincing yourself that studying kanji is an impossible mission, when in fact the only mistake you made was studying without a correct method of study.
KanjiGO was built with many years of hard work by a qualified staff of native Japanese speakers. We have created a specific method to increase the ability of memorizing certain kanji and certain words, based on quality values and frequency. Thousands of exercises, a written test with evaluation for each kanji, and hundreds of listening tests have been created. These are all fundamental tools to help you self-assess your progress and help you understand whether to move on to the next kanji or re-study the previous ones based on your results.
KanjiGO is a study method focused on learning, not just a list of kanji and words. If you think you can study kanji with blogs or random material from Japanese culture lovers online, or even worse with a list of kanji and words from a smartphone app, you will be very disappointed. It may seem to work for the moment, but after a few hundred kanji, quitting is almost guaranteed.
N5, N4 ... JLPT? What are they?
On the pages of this site you will often see the entries N5, N4, N3, N2 and N1. These entries indicate the five levels of difficulty of the JLPT, ranging from N5 (beginner) to N1 (advanced).
Each level of difficulty includes a certain number of kanji that you must know.
The JLPT test has been managed by the Japan Foundation and the Japan Educational Exchanges and Services since 1984. The exams take place twice a year, in more than 60 countries around the world.
Thousands of students from all around the world have successfully passed the JLPT tests (as far as kanji is concerned) thanks to our study method.
JLPT OFFICIAL WEBSITE CLICK HERE.
Do you need special hardware or software to access the course?
We suggest having a printer to print out the worksheet lessons. It’s not mandatory, it’s just a recommendation.
We live in a digital society, so why do you recommend using a printer when we can do everything with a monitor?
Kanji is learned mainly by writing and for this reason, it is necessary to use paper, even though we live in a digital age. Each kanji has two worksheets (lesson and test) that you can easily visualize from a monitor, and although printing them out is not mandatory, we advise it. Having the worksheets printed out will help you during your review process.
If you have a printer, we suggest using it.
If you don’t have a printer, or you have one but don’t want to use it, you can study with a monitor (from any device) without any problems.
As for the writing exercises, they will be done on paper like always.
How much does the course cost and how long does it last?
There are three available courses.
* All prices are shown in USD
- PEASANT Course
ONE YEAR access
327 kanji lessons (N5 and N4)
$89
BASIC LEVEL
Specific exercises, a written test for each kanji and more than 60 listening tests with evaluation - MERCHANT Course
TWO YEAR access
703 kanji lessons (from N5 to N3)
$139 ($69 per year)
BASIC to INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
Specific exercises, a written test for each kanji and more than 100 listening tests with evaluation - SAMURAI Course
FIVE YEAR access
2,100 kanji lessons (from N5 to N1)
$199 ($39 per year)
BASIC to ADVANCED LEVEL
Specific exercises, a written test for each kanji and more than 160 listening tests with evaluation
With the SAMURAI course, you get the complete course with 2,100 kanji lessons up to N1. Five years for a price of $39 per year (only 9 cents per lesson).
The course is sold at a very reasonable price because our earnings are based on the quantity of students and not on each single subscription.
For more details, visit the PRICING PAGE.
What forms of payment are accepted?
After I pay when does the course start?
Why should I choose your course?
To date, there has been nothing similar to our teaching method in the English publishing market.
The course is not free, but is sold at a very affordable price.
Studying kanji without an established method like ours increases the probability of failure. Thousands of students from all around the world have successfully passed the JLPT tests (as far as kanji is concerned) thanks to our study method.
Take a look at the STUDENTS PAGE and you will find many reviews. They will tell you why they chose us.
I have an important question that needs to be answered, how can I get in touch with you?

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